Sculptures
Sculptures For Sale
Period: 1940s
Color: Gray
"Europa and the Bull" Fine and Rare Art Deco Bronze Tray
By Fritz Nuss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This lovely and elegant scene, depicting Europa on her mythological bull, surrounded by nude bathers carrying water jars and towels, was sculpted by Fritz Nuss in the late 1940s. One...
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Blue Speckled ceramic vase - "Triton" Vicke Lindstrand - Upsala Ekeby - 1940s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A beautiful ceramic vase of model Triton designed by Vicke Lindstrand at Upsala Ekeby 1940s. It is 35 cm (14") high and in very good condition except from some minor repaired chips n...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Japanese Showa Arita Porcelain Rooster and Hen Figures
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Showa period Arita porcelain rooster and hen pair in striking bright white and red glaze. The pair comes with a signed box and was made during...
Category
1940s Japanese Showa Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Ceramic Sculpture of 2 Horses by Ronzan, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Ceramic sculpture of 2 horses by Ronzan, 1940s.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for US and ...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Vintage Mid-Century Globe Meat Slicer C1940 Enameled Iron & Stainless
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous and powerful, 1/4hp GM Delco motor. Globe deli meat slicer from the forties. Super quiet motor with a new cord and switch. In excellent vintage co...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Enamel, Steel, Chrome, Iron, Stainless Steel
Art Deco Design Ceramic Sculpture Nude Sitting Woman, 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of ceramic
- Labeled Keramia
- Good, original condition.
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Figure of a Nude Girl from C.I.A. Manna Torino, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Ceramic sculpture of a woman by C.I.A. Manna Manna Torino, 1940s
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is n...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Female Bust by Bigi Torino, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Bigi Torino
Bust of a maiden in ceramic, the dress and the headdress are in the romantic style of the 19th century, the sweet and well made face expresses sweetness and serenity, th...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wall Street Bull Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Wall Street bull sculpture. Italian grey bardiglio vintage sculpted raging bull. Carved from one solid piece of lustrously fluid grey marble, it’s nat...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Marble
Italian Glazed Ceramic Roman Bust/Sculpture, 1940's
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-649 ceramic Roman Bust market Italy.
Category
1940s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Porcelain Statue "Lady with Basket #207", Design Giovanni Girardi, 1940s
Located in taranto, IT
splendid porcelain statue designed and produced by Giovanni girardi , 1940s, "lady with basket",
archive n ° 207
measures 27 cm, in very good stor...
Category
1940s Italian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Porcelain Figurine of a Boy with a Hammer, Royal Copenhagen, Denmark, 1945
Located in Chorzów, PL
Porcelain figurine of a boy (shepherd) with a hammer
Made in Denmark by the Royal Copenhagen manufactory
Manufactured in 1945.
Model number # 620
Very good condition, no ...
Category
1940s Danish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1942 René Lalique, Pair of Bookends Hirondelles B Frosted Glass
By René Lalique
Located in Boulogne Billancourt, FR
Pair of bookends "Hirondelles B" made in frosted glass by René Lalique in 1942.
Acid-stamped signature on each piece.
Measures: Height: 16 cm
Base: 8.5 cm x 8 cm
Perfect condit...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Vintage Italian Carrara Marble Sculpture of David
By Michelangelo
Located in Houston, TX
Stunning vintage Italian carved carrara marble sculpture or statue of David.
Offered is a good sized well executed marble figure of David as a youth, copied from the original by Mic...
Category
1940s Italian Grand Tour Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Carrara Marble
Max Barneaud, white glazed ceramic vase in the shape of a head, Paris 1947
By Max Louis Jean Barneaud
Located in Saarbrücken, SL
The white glazed ceramic vase in the shape of a head by Max Barneaud was created in Paris in 1947.
The simultaneous depiction of a head makes the object very decorative.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Vintage Steuben Blown Glass Dolphins
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Pair of blown glass dolphins.
Etched in the glass on the underside: Steuben.
American, circa 1940.
Category
1940s American Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Blown Glass
Nude Statuette from Olimpia, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Nude Statuette from Olimpia, 1940s.
Packaging with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (crates or boxes) for US and International Shippi...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Woman Figure from TRE AAA Torino, 1940s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
Generously sized ceramic figure, depicting a happy latin girl, dressed in makeup and festive dress. Finely sculpted and painted, the colors are united with the joyful character of the girl, giving the already large work a strong positive impact. On the background Tre AAA Torino made in Italy hand painted n...
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Italian White Lacquered Ceramic Decorative Figure of a Woman, Italy
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Made in Italy, 1940s.
This item is made in white lacquered ceramic and might show slight traces of use since it's vintage, but it can be considered as in excellent original condition...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Royal copenhagen porcelain
porcelain with seal motif
Origin Denmark circa 1940
20th century perfect condition.
Category
1940s Danish Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Dux, Prancing Horse in Hand-Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Prancing horse in hand-painted porcelain. 1940s.
Measures: 31 x 19 cm
In excellent condition.
Stamped.
Category
1940s Czech Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
René Lalique Art Deco Opalescent Glass Clock with Love Birds
By René Lalique
Located in Oakland, CA
René Lalique Art Deco opalescent glass clock with love birds or cockatoo. Lalique design, signed in script on the bottom, Lalique, france. Excellent condition with a very nice origin...
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Glass
Goldscheider, Austria, Art Deco Wall Figure in Glazed Ceramics, Madonna
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Goldscheider, Austria. Art deco wall figure in glazed ceramics. Madonna.
Beautiful glaze in turquoise shades. 1940s.
Measures: 36 x 11 cm.
Depth: 5.5 c...
Category
1940s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Aluminum Mannequin Torso Sculpture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Made out of a material far more interesting than your standard dress form, this oddly unique, mannequin torso is both playful and sleek. A true stateme...
Category
1940s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture, Italy, circa 1940
Located in Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
Glazed ceramic sculpture, Italy, circa 1940.
Category
1940s Italian Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1940s Plaster Sculpture from R. Espinasse, Woman Standing
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Plaster sculpture, woman standing, Raymond Espinasse (1897-1985) workshop, France.
Measure: height 33.4 inches.
Category
1940s French Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Stylized Art Deco Statue
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An unusual, stylized Art Deco statue of Aphrodite, goddess of love. Polished pewter on a marble base. Approximate 13.5" H.
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Waylande Gregory Art Deco Ceramic Rooster Sculpture, Glazed, 1940s, USA
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Waylande Gregory Art Deco ceramic rooster sculpture, glazed, 1940s, USA
Literature:
Folk, Thomas, Waylande Gregory: Art Deco Ceramics and th...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Royal Dux, Dancing Woman in Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Dancing woman in porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
Measures: 21 x 13 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Patinated Plaster Bust of an Asian Woman by Herbert McRae Miller
Located in Montreal, QC
Patinated plaster bust of an Asian woman by Herbert McRae Miller.
"Signed: H. M. Miller 40" Herbert McRae-Miller was born in Montreal. He studied at the Art Students League, New York...
Category
1940s Canadian Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Horse in Green Glazed Ceramic Zaccagnini Italian Design, 1940
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Horse in green glazed ceramic Zaccagnini Italian Design, 1940.
Category
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
"Leda and the Swan" Sculpture by Stig Lindberg for Gustavsberg
Located in Stockholm, SE
Stunning stoneware sculpture by Stig Lindberg, narrating the mythological story of Queen Leda and the Swan. Beautiful attention to detail and expressiveness in Leda’s face, flowing h...
Category
1940s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Figurative Martini Sculpture Ceramic Priest Italy 1940 Style Arturo Martini
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Figurative Fosco Martini sculpture ceramic Priest Italy 1940 Style Arturo Martini.
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
G.E. Robot Sculpture by Bennett Robot Works
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Custom robot sculpture named G.E. by Bennett Robot Works, Brooklyn, NY
Bennett Robot Works, robot sculptures created by Gordon Bennett, are comp...
Category
1940s American Machine Age Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Art Deco Design Ceramic Sculpture Nude Sitting Woman, 1940s
Located in Praha, CZ
- Made in Czechoslovakia
- Made of ceramic
- Labeled Keramia
- Good, original condition.
Category
1940s Czech Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Parian Porcelain Sculpture of Intertwined Mythological Figures
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A magnificent meticulously detailed porcelain sculpture of intertwining passionate bodies. A true object d'arte.
Category
1940s French Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Royal Dux, Rococo Couple in Hand Painted Porcelain, 1940s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Royal Dux. Rococo couple in hand painted porcelain, 1940s.
Stamped.
In very good condition.
The woman measures: 21 x 13 cm.
The man measures: 22 x 9 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Rococo Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Architectural Door Handles Alfredo Barbini 1940 Venetian Blown Glass Polar Bear
Located in London, GB
Venetian blown glass push and pull door handles from a hotel in Venice late 1940's, by Alfredo Barbini (1912-2007) for Vitreria Gino Cenedese, Italy.
Polar bears climbing on geometric glaciers set in clear and opaque glass block set with brass mounts. One white and gold ice bear...
Category
1940s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
Porcelain Statue "Woman with Roe", Czechoslovakia, 1942, Rudolf Hlavina
By Rudolf Hlavina
Located in Chorzów, PL
A figure by Rudolf Hlavina from 1942.
Dimensions: Height 41 cm, width 45 cm, depth 19 cm.
Category
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Sculpture Pheasants Porcelain Guido Cacciapuoti
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Large sculpture pheasants porcelain Guido Cacciapuoti 1940s made In Italy, famous Italian sculptor of the mid-20th century.
Category
1940s European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Nude Woman Sculpture, Jihokera, 1940s
By Jihokera
Located in Vienna, AT
Jihokera, ceramics, cream-colored cold grading with claw
Excellent original condition with adhesive label.
Category
1940s German Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1940s Greyhound Sculpture of a Whippet
Located in Dallas, TX
Laying Whippet dog with upright posture molded in composition material.
Category
1940s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Composition
Art Deco Figural Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1-4136 Vintage silver plated brass figural Art Deco style sculpture holding a saucer no maker's mark.
Category
1940s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Brass
"Nude with Fish, " Rare, Art Nouveau Porcelain Sculpture for Crown Prince Wilhelm
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and striking, this porcelain sculpture depicting a nude Japanese male figure carrying a fish on his shoulders was sculpted by Adolf (or Adolph) Ambe...
Category
1940s German Belle Époque Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Carved Wood Folk Art Airplane, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This carved wood Folk Art airplane has an amazing original paint surface and functional propeller and wheels.
Category
1940s American Folk Art Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Sheet Metal
Midcentury Sculpture Nude Woman, Jihokera, 1940s
By Jihokera
Located in Praha, CZ
Made in Czechoslovakia
Made of glazed ceramic
Re-polished
Fully functional
Very good original condition.
Category
1940s Czech Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 12 Porcelain Shells by Giovanni Garibaldi for Richard-Ginori
Located in New York, NY
In the 1920s Gio Ponti, who defined 20th century Italian design, was the art director of Richard-Ginori, a venerable porcelain company established in the 18th century. When Ponti moved on in 1930, his protégé Giovanni Gariboldi, who also designed furniture and interiors, filled the vacated position. It would seem that Gariboldi found his model for these shell-shaped dishes in nature, but this is not the case. Rather, he channeled the essence of “shellness," and endowed his design with the faux verisimilitude of delicate ribbing along the scalloped edge. Yet he had them glazed in improbable candy-like pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue. Originally used principally as ashtrays, no doubt, they could also be put to use as serving dishes for nuts and candies, or as decorative tabletop objects...
Category
1940s Italian Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
"Gray Swan, " Iconic Art Deco Sculpture by Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of Waylande Gregory's most dynamic and winning sculptures, this example glazed in a velvety grey flannel color, the swan is shown from two sides, with its lovely taupe wings on full display. Like most of his animal sculptures, this one displays the artist's virtuoso Sgraffito effect, where he scratched through one layer of glaze to reveal another layer below. Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1930s Vintage Solid Cast Iron Sachs Carbine Rifle Gun Molds Industrial Factory
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Listing is for one rifle. So let us know which one you would like to have when making order. One is stamped, 133 Sacks Gun.
Vintage industrial cast iron rifle molds, time worn patin...
Category
1940s American Industrial Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Iron
Carl Schmitz Plaster Sculpture, circa 1940
By Carl Schmitz
Located in Sharon, CT
Schmitz was an important German-American figurative sculptor of the 1930s-1940s. Studied with J.Wackerle. Commissions include: Brooklyn B...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Germaine Nordmann Bronze Sculptures, circa 1940
By Germaine Nordmann
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Bronze couple, with original antique green patina by Germaine Nordmann,
Ecole de Paris,
Susse Fondeur,
circa 1940.
Signed and numbered.
Measurements...
Category
1940s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
"The Water Mother, " Rare Large Rendition of Famous Sculpture by Kai Nielsen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Based on a famous, large sculpture entitled "The Water Mother" sculpted by Kai Nielsen for the Winter Garden of the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, installed in 1921, this vers...
Category
1940s Danish Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Onyx Walrus Sculpture
Located in Montreal, QC
Large and unusual onyx sculpture of a walrus.
Category
1940s American Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Onyx
"Benga, " Important Photograph of Barthe Sculpture by M. Smith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's most important sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125th Street next to the renowned Apollo Theater. The Smith brothers moved from their native Kentucky to New York in the early 1930s, and proceeded to establish a studio that brought together almost every major figure in the Harlem Renaissance in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, mentoring artists such as Jacob Lawrence, Gwendolyn Knight, Selma Burke, Ernest Crichlow and Robert Blackburn. The Smiths captured the night life of Harlem, including musicians and actors such as Harry Belafonte, Sydney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Count Basie, Ethel Waters, Billie Holiday, Hattie McDaniels, Zora Neal Hurston, Step n' Fetchit, Pearl Bailey...
Category
1940s American Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Paper
Bronze Dish with Bull by Max Le Verrier
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of a series of bronze dishes sculpted and cast by Max Le Verrier, this example has an intentional "antiqued" appearance, inspired by ancient Greek coinage. Le Verrier opened his ...
Category
1940s Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Rare Mannerist Nude by Fred Press, circa 1940s
By Fred Press
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted with finesse and sensitivity, this late Renaissance-influenced male nude figure is probably a unique piece, and is marked with Fred Press' monogr...
Category
1940s American Vintage Sculptures
A Beautifully Rendered American 1940's Bronze Bust of a Young Boy; by JG Kendall
By JG Kendall
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully rendered American 1940's bronze bust of a young boy on marble plinth; signed 'JG Kendall 1945' (Gorham Co. Foundry); the richly-patinated bust of a young boy with seren...
Category
1940s American Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Ernestine Sirine-Real "Romantique Art Deco Plaster Sculpture of a Man
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Ernestine Sirine-Real "Romantique Art Deco plaster sculpture of a man circa 1940
not signed.
Category
1940s French Art Deco Vintage Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Antique, New and Vintage Sculptures
Styling your home with vintage, new and antique sculptures means adding a touch that can meaningfully transform the space. By introducing a sculptural work as a decorative finish to any interior, you’re making a statement, whether you tend toward the dramatic or prefer to keep things casual with modest, understated art.
A single, one-of-a-kind three-dimensional figurative sculpture mounted on your dining room wall is a guaranteed conversation piece, while a trio of abstract works arranged on your living room bookshelves can add spontaneity to the collection of first-edition novels or artist monographs you’re displaying as well as draw attention to them. Figurative sculptures are representational works that portray a specific person, animal or object. And while decorating with busts, which are sculpted or cast figurative works, hasn’t exactly topped the list of design trends every year, busts are back. According to designer Timothy Corrigan, “They give humanity in a way that a more abstract sculpture can’t give.” Abstract sculptures, on the other hand, are not meant to show something specific. Instead, they invoke a mood or scene without directly stating what they are portraying.
Busts made of stone or metal may not seem like a good fit for your existing decor. Fortunately, there are many ways for a seemingly incongruous piece to fit in with the rest of your room’s theme. You can embrace a dramatic piece by making it the focal point of the room, or you can choose to incorporate several elements made out of the same material to create harmony in your space. If an antique or more dramatic piece doesn’t feel like you, why not opt for works comprising plastic, fiberglass or other more modern materials?
When incorporating sculpture into the design of your home — be it the playful work of auction hero and multimedia visionary KAWS, contemporary fiber art from Connecticut dealer browngrotta arts or still-life sculpture on a budget — consider proper lighting, which can bring out the distinctive aspects of your piece that deserve attention. And make sure you know how the size and form of the sculpture will affect your space in whole. If you choose a sculpture with dramatic design elements, such as sharp angles or bright colors, for example, try to better integrate this new addition by echoing those elements in the rest of your room’s design.
Get started on decorating with sculpture now — find figurative sculptures, animal sculptures and more on 1stDibs today.
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